“While other solutions only provide a fragmented historical picture, IBM Travel Manager combines and normalizes data from all key sources, allowing for more robust insights and benchmarking than other reporting solutions.”

Siloed Data Sets

The Travel manager taps into user data that is stored in siloed locations giving a unified access to these data sets. This is then combined with Travelport’s global distribution system and is then made into real-time predictive analytics which suggest what changes employees can make to help reduce travel expenses.

IBM found that: “Currently for businesses to get a full picture of travel patterns, a travel manager might have to sift through data silos from travel agencies, cards, expense systems and suppliers for end-to-end visibility of spend and compliance across all travel subcategories but this is usually undertaken in a historical view rather than in real time.”

Elizabeth Pollock, IBM Industry Client Leader for Travel & Transportation: “IBM and Travelport are using the power of AI to unlock previously unavailable insights from multiple internal and external data sources.”